Hi James,

To compile Firefox 3 on Solaris, I think you don't need
> autoconf 2.13+
> gcc 3.4.1+/4.1.2+
> probably libtool
> gm4 (Mozilla does not list the respective version)

Solaris 10 bundles
> perl 5.6+ (Solaris 10 has 5.6)
> ksh/bash/zsh (Probably won't work with ksh88))
> gmake 3.79.1+

But you will need a higher version of libpango.

Regards,

Ginn

On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:33 AM, James Cornell wrote:

>> It's easy to build FF3b5 on Express which I run on my personal  
>> machine.
>> However, our production desktops are on Solaris 10, and building it  
>> for 10
>> looks problematic because of the dated libraries.
>>
>> Has anyone managed this?
>>
>>
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> Backporting it without concern for Sun-grade compatibility control
> (Respective to versioning) requires newer versions of the following:
>
> gmake 3.79.1+
> cvs 1.11+
> autoconf 2.13+
> gtk 2.10+
> freetype 2.1.0+
> pkg-config 0.9.0+
> libIDL 0.6.3+
> perl 5.6+ (Solaris 10 has 5.6)
> ksh/bash/zsh (Probably won't work with ksh88)
> latest Sun Studio 12 or Sun Studio 11 with patches
> gcc 3.4.1+/4.1.2+
> probably libtool
> gm4 (Mozilla does not list the respective version)
> fontconfig (Mozilla does not list the respective version)
> dbus-1-glib-devel (Mozilla does not list the respective version)
> libXt-devel (Mozilla does not list the respective version)
> glib (Mozilla does not list the respective version)
> others listed on "Linux Build Prerequisites - MDC"
>
> * Some dependencies may not need to be upgraded
>
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Solaris_Build_Prerequisites
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Linux_Build_Prerequisites
>
> I suppose later on this week I could try to build the above and then
> Firefox 3, if time permits.  If you want to try for yourself, try  
> using
> the respective Blastwave versions for the above dependencies, using  
> source
> builds when needed and tell me how it goes.
>
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Ginn Chen
Software Engineer, Browser Team
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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